DISINFO: The ‘Deep state’ is behind a colour revolution against Donald Trump
SUMMARY
The US has descended into chaos. The Democrats and ‘Deep State’ are trying to overthrow US President Donald Trump. The protests against immigration raids are well organised and use colour revolution technologies.
RESPONSE
This story promotes recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives about secret elites and the US Deep State and so-called ‘colour revolutions’.
Popular protests are frequently framed in pro-Kremlin disinformation sources as West-sponsored ‘colour revolutions’. In this case, the so-called ‘Deep state’ and the US Democratic Party are claimed to be creators of the protests in the US. Nothing indicates that specific political forces or the so-called ‘Deep state’ are behind the unrest, which started after protests against immigration raids were confronted by law enforcement officers.
The 'Deep state' narrative seeks to question the legitimacy of democracy and institutions in the US. The conspiracy promotes the view that US presidents and other public officials are just window-dressing, whereas decision-making lies in the hands of another group of people.
Multiple disinformation claims alleged that 'Deep state' placed a bet against Donald Trump and even attempted to assassinate him: "Deep state" will likely try again to get Trump out of the way; Deep state failed to kill Trump, could try again; “Deep state” is undoubtedly behind the attempted assassination of Trump.